The San Diego Opera's Words and Music program has kids writing operas. Check out the video of the rehearsal of their "Diary of a Wimpy Kid." It's a hot summer morning in Barrio Logan. Students are ...

Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of musical theater’s most influential composers. He is known for creating some of history’s most successful and long-running shows. Born in London in 1948, he has composed ...

Lesley Dill discovered the intoxicating power of Emily Dickinson’s telegraphic verse as a 40-year-old artist with little interest in poetry. When her mother gave her a book of Dickinson’s work as a ...

One of the most beloved and celebrated musical ambassadors of our time, soprano Renée Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry, and compelling stage presence. At a ...

"Prima la musica e poi le parole" -- first the music and then the words. The proposition that music precedes the text in opera -- and its contrary -- are the subject of Richard Strauss' autumnal ...

Every other June, music fans flock to the Boston Early Music Festival for a week-long extravaganza of some of the best historically informed performances of music anywhere in the world. Since its ...

This performance of musical excerpts from operas was a unique and memorable evening at the new opera house When Gioachino Rossini began composing William Tell in 1828, little did he know that it would ...

Operavore keeps its finger on the pulse of the international opera scene. We offer news bulletins from the around the globe, previews of new recordings, and interviews with the players and ...

Daniel Bernard Roumain claims Tulsa Opera cancelled the premiere of his new work intended to mark the centenary of the 1921 Tulsa ‘Greenwood’ Massacre, when he refused to amend one word. A Black ...

When an opera company is in the midst of contentious labor negotiations, the results can be dramatic. This week, the war of words between unions and management at New York's Metropolitan Opera, the ...